Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute

Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute

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Adem Ekmekci & Gladys Krause UTeach Institute - NMSI Annual Conference Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011 Designing MEAs The Reality Principle (Personal Meaningful Principle ) • Could this really happen in a “real life” situation? • Will students be encouraged to make sense of the situation based on extensions of their own personal knowledge and experiences? 10

Adem Ekmekci & Gladys Krause UTeach Institute - NMSI Annual Conference Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011 Designing MEAs The Simple Prototype Principle • Is the situation as simple as possible, while still creating the need for a significant model? • Will the solution provide a useful prototype (or metaphor) for interpreting a variety of other structurally similar situations? 11

Adem Ekmekci & Gladys Krause<br />

<strong>UTeach</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> - NMSI Annual Conference<br />

Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011<br />

Designing <strong>MEAs</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Reality Principle<br />

(Personal Meaningful Principle )<br />

• Could this really happen in a “real life” situation?<br />

• Will students be encouraged to make sense of the situation<br />

based on extensions of their own personal knowledge and<br />

experiences?<br />

10

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